On June 4, 2021, amid flowering saguaros and prickly pear cacti, a wildfire bloomed in the Sonoran Desert in central Arizona. Its nascent flames gorged on nonnative grasses desiccated by a long, severe drought, and the fire was further nourished by the weather. A nearby weather station recorded a temperature of 36° Celsius (97° Fahrenheit). And it was so dry that the blades of firefighters’ bulldozers — used to clear brush — sparked small flames as the heavy vehicles dragged
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Twenty-eight people dead, thousands of animals burned, properties and businesses destroyed, and 93,880 hectares of land incinerated – this is the provisional toll of the unprecedented wildfires that have ravaged Greece in recent weeks. But it didn’t have to be this
Stevie Nicks has been slammed for a ‘privileged and self centered’ post about the Maui wildfires – which saw the music icon discuss her mansion and ruined family vacation.
The Fleetwood Mac musician, 75, sparked fury among fans when she shared a post about the wildfires on Sunday which have destroyed centuries-old Lahaina – as the death toll rose to 96 victims.
Captioning the post: ‘Lahaina is not gone ~ It is just away ~ With Aloha, Stevie Nicks, she
Tourists have been forced to flee raging wildfires in Portugal, with the flames now heading for the Algarve.
More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a series of blazes in the Iberian nation as it and neighbouring Spain swelter in extreme summer heat.
Temperatures in many areas are rising above 40 degrees Celsius (104 F) – with the mercury tipping 46 degrees on Santarem, 50 miles north of the capital, Lisbon.
Three major fires were raging yesterday on Tuesday, with the
More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a series of wildfires
Floods, fires and heavy rains have landed more blows across Europe this week, with the authorities on the continent scrambling to respond to the extreme weather that has become increasingly common in the past few years.
The most recent events have destroyed large amounts of land, left dozens of people injured, forced thousands to evacuate and, in some cases, caused deaths, and they come on the heels of scorching temperatures that have engulfed much of Southern Europe this summer.
Climate
Picture the boreal forest, in northern Quebec, on the morning of June 1st. Bears, moose, and wolves roamed, circling its unusually dry lakes, bogs, rivers, and creeks. In the afternoon, after weeks of sunshine, severe thunderstorms suddenly rolled over the forest’s vast tracts of black and white spruce, subalpine fir, jack pine, and aspens. Lightning struck the ground repeatedly. A hundred and twenty-three fires were lit in a single day. The peat and duff of the forest floor began to
A massive wildfire burning out of control in California’s Mojave National Preserve was spreading rapidly amid erratic winds, while firefighters reported progress
Authorities ordered the evacuation of a handful of communities in central Greece on Wednesday (26 July) as they battled new fire fronts in the country, supercharged by strong winds and heatwave temperatures exceeding 40 Celsius.
Sixty-one wildfires erupted across Greece in the last 24 hours alone, the fire brigade said, with the worst outbreaks near the central town of Velestino where officials ordered precautionary evacuations of six nearby communities.
Dozens of firefighters were battling the flames, assisted by 15 fire
In early July, fierce wildfires fueled by dry conditions in northern Quebec laid waste to large swaths of spruce forest, destroying cabins and tourist camps. It also cut off transportation to isolated Indigenous communities over the region’s lone paved road, a 370-mile stretch of highway with little or no cell reception.
Before evacuation orders were issued, residents who tried to leave along the Billy Diamond Highway, as the road is known, encountered flames and smoke that cast a dark-of-night pall
